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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Coue (Cou). de Coue (Cou) John King and council. Coue states that the master...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1979
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/1979
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310-c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Coue (Cou).
- Name(s)
- de Coue (Cou), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Coue states that the master of the Temple lately held from him and his wife lands and rent in Lound. When the order of the Temple was dissolved they seized the tenements as their escheat but were ousted by Beaumont. Coue requests remedy be made.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should wait until it is ordained upon the lands of the Templars
- Places mentioned
- Lound, Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- Eve [Coue (Cou)], wife of the petitioner
- Henry de Beaumount (Beaumont).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The Templars were suppressed in England in 1308, and on the continent in 1312. The lands were held by the petitioner for two years after the Templars were dissolved. The petition probably dates to shortly after this period.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 1340
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062183/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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